Brew City Beatdown Prediction Contest Results and Review

First of all, got to say this, Steve Corino was epic on commentary for this whole show. He's just soooo funny.

Rhett Titus vs. Mike Sydal

Not bad, but nothing too special. It was a decent opener, but a day after watching it I can't really remember anything about the match **1/2

Jay Lethal vs. Mike Mondo

This match was going really well until the ending, where they had Mondo feign a leg injury. I get why they tried to do it, make Mondo look all tough and that, but I really wasn't a fan. It just killed the match just as it was about to enter it's finishing straight. Still, before that it was still good ***

This was an okay six man, for showcasing and trying out six potential roster members. Only one guy really shone out though, and that was Samson Walker, but he put on a really good showing. He went out there and was a complete dominant beast, and the crowd really got behind him. That's his second good showing (previous one was against Elgin) and I think ROH should perhaps look to give him a more regular spot. **3/4

Kyle O’Reilly vs. Tadarius Thomas

From here on out, the show got really good. I really enjoyed this match, their two styles meshed really well, and both men were made to look strong. I wouldn't be against seeing these two got at it again, maybe with a couple of minutes more time ***1/4

Roderick Strong vs. BJ Whitmer

This match was good, but sort of just there as well. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed it, but there was nothing that really made me get overly excited, and the crowd weren't too into it either. I guess I just have too high expectations for these guys, because it was still good ***

Michael Elgin vs. Silas Young

This match was my first ever exposure to Silas Young, and damn it was awesome. I was kind of just expecting Elgin to get a semi squash win, but it turned out to be a brilliant match. I'm a huge Elgin fan anyway, but this match really made be a Young fan too. I'd love to see this guy get a more permanent roster spot, as from that performance he'd fit right in. Some of his stuff was really innovative, such as a headstand on the top turnbuckle transitioned into an arabian press. This was brilliant, and made even better by the fact that I wasn't expecting it to be ***3/4

Eddie Edwards vs. Rhino

Another very good match, as you come to expect from Eddie. Seriously, this guy can put on a great match with anybody. Rhino looked pretty good here too, and got a suprising win that was a... well suprise. I'd say this was the best of their trio of matches ***1/2

Jay & Mark Briscoe vs. Kevin Steen & Jimmy Jacobs

A great brawl, as you'd expect from these four, and that balcony dive from Mark was SICK! It was hurt a bit by the fact that it started as a regular match, then got changed to anything goes, which kind of hurt it's momentum and stopped it from getting into four star territory, but it was still a great match, and a fun main event to a very solid show. If you haven't seen the balcony dive yet, you neecd to, it's up on youtube I think ***3/4

Overall: 7/10 Another very solid show, with a great flow and build. The last five matches were all great, and although you may feel this show lacked one amazing match, it really made up for it with six very good matches. Young-Elgin and Briscoes-SCUM were especially good, and it's definatly a show worth picking up

So congratulations to magglis for getting the win by quite a decent margin. This will also mean Cabers will take back the overall lead, what with Deathy missing this one. I'll go update the overall now.